Peak Oil is a concept that’s been a cause of concern over the past few years. It’s basically a reference to the steady decline in oil supplies after production levels peak. There are a variety of studies out on this and various estimates of when this will occur, but most estimates put Peak Oil … Continue reading →

Joshua S. Bauchner, with his 2-year-old daughter, Evlalia, moved to Harlem in 2007. “In Manhattan, there are only so many directions you can go,” he said I first became fascinated with Harlem, the capital of black America, when I was a kid growing up in the Midwest. I was always into books and at 12 … Continue reading →

“If we remain poor and dependent, the riches of other men will not avail us. If we are ignorant, the intelligence of other men will do but little for us. If we are foolish, the wisdom of other men will not guide us. If we are wasteful of time and money, the economy of other men will only make our destitution the more disgraceful and hurtful. “

Frederick Douglass

“If you form the habit of going by what you hear others say about someone, or going by what others think about someone, instead of searching that thing out for yourself and seeing for yourself, you will be walking west when you think you’re going east, and you will be walking east when you think you’re going west. This generation, especially of our people, has a burden, more so than any other time in history. The most important thing we can learn to do today is think for ourselves.”